Responses of resident male Dendrobates pumilio to territory intruders

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 248-253

  Gardner, Emily A ^a   Graves, Brent M ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DENDROBATES PUMILIO;

EID: 21244454815     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/95-04A     Document Type: Article

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